Maritime record 13789 - AURICULA: BARRA, ATLANTIC

NF60NW 8002 unlocated

18 May 1892. AURICULA. 8 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 25 ton. 6 men. Master J. Smith. Owner J.J. Smith, Lossiemouth. Castlebay, Barra to fishing. Ballast. Collided un-reg. fishing smack BLOSSOM of Banff. Wind S5. 3 miles off North Bay, Barra.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1891-92 (1893-94 [C.7069] LXXX.711).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1410).

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as INS 215 and date of loss as 18 May 1892). This vessel was in collision and sank off North Bay.
I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. North Bay is not noted as such on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2002.

REPORT DATE: 13/11/2003